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September 27, 2012

Stay classy, GOP!

Western Washington residents, and assorted tourists who travel
Interstate 5, are well aquainted with the large sign that sits on the
east side of the freeway, just outside of Chehalis. Once owned by
Hamilton Farms, the billboard offers pithy statements from a right wing
point of view on everything from state government to the U.N. But this
sign is not the only politically charged message board in the country.

In the small town of Hanson, Massachusets, the local merchant who put controversial anti-Obama signs outside his
store has added two placards showing U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth
Warren in a Native American headdress with war paint on her cheeks.

“Elizabeth Warren is a joke. Princess Little Big Liar. Vote Scott Brown
United States Senate,” state the signs outside Sullivans Inc., a
motorcycle accessories distributor at 121 Franklin St.

“We’re $16 trillion dollars in debt and these politicians don’t seem to
care and somebody’s got to pay the tab, right?” owner Robert Sullivan,
64, said Thursday.

Warren, a Harvard Law School professor, stirred a controversy after it
was disclosed she was listed as Native American in several law school
directories.

Warren has said her “family lore” described Indian ancestors, and the
New England Genealogy Association said it found indications – but not
proof – that Warren had a Cherokee great-great-great-grandmother, which
would make her 1/32 Indian. She never sought proof of ancestry, Warren
has said, because she had not felt it necessary. Warren says her
father's family objected to him marrying her mother because she had
"Indian blood" in her.

Alethea Harney, press secretary for Warren, declined comment on the
signs Thursday. A spokeswoman for Brown, Warren’s opponent in the
November election, did not return a request for comment Thursday
afternoon.

One large sign shows a young girl giving the middle finger to the
president. Another shows President Obama and says: “Somewhere in Kenya a
village is missing its idiot. Obama One Big Ass Mistake America, Vote
Mitt Romney for 2012!”

Hanson officials say the signs violate town bylaws. A Zoning Board of
Appeals hearing has been set for 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9 and the issue could
end up in federal court.

“I don’t want it to go there,” Sullivan said.

Police have received more than 45 calls about the signs, which town
officials said are a safety hazard at a dangerous intersection.

Sullivan said he’s doing it to make his voice heard – and has no plans to take them down.

“They call the signs obscene and I think the way the country’s being run is obscene,” he said.

Sullivan, a former Hanson resident who now lives in Hingham, said he’s
spent more than $2,000 on the signs. He also has security cameras,
recording 24 hours a day, on trees near the signs, which have been
vandalized. The sign with the girl was stolen and replaced.

Sullivan has since chained the sign with the young girl to a tree nearby. He said he has three copies of each sign as backup.

A married father of two and grandfather of two, Sullivan said he sees
nothing wrong with using the young girl’s image to promote his message.

“Somehow you’ve got to shake somebody once in a while and say ‘Look, wake up,’” he said.

Hanson building commissioner and zoning enforcement officer Robert P.
Curran said he’s fielded calls from people who refuse to shop in Hanson
until the signs come down.

Sullivan said he has received “hundreds” of emails from people
nationwide and internationally, most of which have been positive. But
he’s also heard from people who oppose them.

He received emails from as far away as the United Kingdom and Kenya, where people “are not real happy with me.”

“But that’s OK,” said Sullivan. “It’s hitting home.”

Sullivan said he built his business in Hanson 38 years ago and now
employs 100 people between his company’s three locations in Hanson,
Birmingham, Ala. and Reno, Nevada.

He also said he’s contributed to several fundraisers in town, and to the town food pantry, over the years.

“I’m voicing my opinion. As an American, it’s a right that we have and
I’m going to use that right,” Sullivan said. “So we’re not bad guys
here.”

On Thursday, some motorists honked their horns and gave a thumbs-up as they passed by the signs.

But Robbi Rotondo of Whitman, a mother of two, stopped to photograph the signs, calling them “pathetic” and “derogatory.”

“It’s making Hanson look worse” said Rotondo, 45, a former Hanson resident.

Each time Eric Folsom drives by the anti-President Obama campaign sign
in Hanson, he tries to shield his young children from seeing it – that’s
because it shows a young girl giving the middle finger to the
president.

“If (my 6-year-old daughter) saw that, she’d say ‘Why is that little
girl doing that? What does that mean?’” said Folsom, 27, of Whitman.
“How do I explain that?”

For the GOP to stay classy is asking them to be the doormat and above the fray when the Democrats are throwing mud, turds at those evil Republicans and expect them not to return fire. Warren is acid-tongued loves slinging mud and lies like a lumpy rug/ she like um hammer and sickle and telling us that you didn't build that yourself...

Go Scott Brown and yes, stay kinda classy. He's a moderate Republican and has been bipartisan unlike many others in both parties.

Alright that's it. This is crazy. Is this blog post just an oxymoron or something. A blog post about offensive signs towards our wonderful President from a blog that allows offensive remarks, mine included about Stench and Gilligan.

The poor people of downtown Seattle will need to start paying for bus rides now. Do you think those people will figure out that Obama doubling fuel prices have forced Metro to pass on that expense?
Most people have not had raises and many have had pay cuts since Obama took over. Many others just plain don't have jobs or incomes any more.
Those people are right to put up those signs. They are a great deal less offensive than what has happened to this nation since we elected Obama. But we will probably re-elect him.

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